Uncover violations & grievances with the whistleblower form

With our survey template, you offer whistleblowers the opportunity to easily report violations and grievances to you - even anonymously.

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Content and targets of this whistleblower report template

Since 2019, companies in the EU that employ more than 50 people, operate in the financial services sector or are public employers are required to, establish an internal whistleblowing system.

In doing so, the whistleblowing system can be offered by companies by telephone, in writing (e-mail/letter), in person, by means of an (online) form or a special portal designed for this purpose.

With our form template in the form of a survey, we offer you a simple and data-protection-compliant way to implement the EU directives regarding the establishment of a whistleblower system in your company as well.

Make it easy for whistleblowers to report violations and grievances to you in a simple and anonymous way.

Open example

Content:

• Information about the violation or grievance
• Upload option of media data as proof/reference
• Optional request for contact details
• Privacy policy with checkbox

Targets:

• Simplification of the application process
• Implementation of the EU Whistleblower Directive
• Expose violations & abuses in the company
• Dissolve silence of attentive colleagues
• Minimize the inhibition threshold for whistleblowers
• Protect whistleblowers
• Establish a compliance culture

Data privacy protection „made in Germany“ (GDPR)

Anonymity functions for open feedback

Almost everything you need to know about whistleblowing

1. What is a whistleblower?

A whistleblower is a person who reports violations and wrongdoing to a government agency or company before negative consequences occur. Typical whistleblowing violations include corruption and bribery cases, violations of laws and policies, criminal offenses, discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and more. The most well-known examples of whistleblowing are Edward Snowden and Wikileaks founder Julian Paul Assange.

2. Which companies are required to set up a whistleblower reporting system in the EU?

According to the EU Directive on the introduction of a whistleblowing system , European companies that have more than 50 employees, operate in the financial services industry or are public institutions, authorities or municipalities with a population of 10,000 or more must offer a whistleblowing reporting system.

The whistleblowing system can be offered by the companies by telephone, in writing (e-mail/letter), in person, by means of an (online) form or a special portal designed for this purpose.

3. Is the online whistleblower form from easyfeedback compliant with data protection regulations?

Yes, our whistleblower form is data protection compliant. Not only do we offer the option of making the forms GDPR compliant with, for example, an individual data protection notice and a consent checkbox, but the collection of the data required to report violations and grievances is also data protection-compliant with easyfeedback.

Thanks to our technical features such as data encryption or the ISO27001 certification of our German servers, we also offer maximum security for survey participation.

You can rely on our data protection!

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4. Can whistleblowers fill out the form anonymously?

Yes, you can. As long as you do not ask for any personal data of the whistleblower, participation in surveys and forms with easyfeedback is anonymous. Cookies or IP addresses are collected and processed anonymously. In terms of content, the author (customer) is responsible for ensuring anonymity.

5. How can I use the whistleblower form from easyfeedback?

After you have registered for easyfeedback for free, you can either use our whistleblower template directly or adapt it to your needs.

For example, embed the survey via link where you need it or use our website integration, which allows you to include surveys on your website as button, feedback tab, pop-up or focus layer without the help of your IT department.